Finally, a speech from the RNC worthy of posting in these pages. It wasn't a home run (you have to say some — anything! — substantial to get the A+), but V.P. Palin definitely held her own. Tonight, Johnny Mac closes the show.
- Rather than level with the public to earn their vote, the Republicans would rather resort to exaggeration and outright lying.
- A message from the RNC to community organizers and faith-based charities: Go fuck yourself!
- No, really Peggy Noonan, what do you think of Palin as V.P.? (Cover the kids ears.)
- And what of poor, overqualified and passed-over Kay Bailey Hutchison?
- Biden says the Obama administration will prosecute Bush administration officials who broke the law.
- Oil keeps on dropping. Where's the bottom?
- Two storms churn in the Atlantic.
- The NFL season kicks off today. USA Today is there with 10 pressing questions.
This article appears in Sep 3-9, 2008.